My new year’s resolution for 2022 was to go vegetarian. I have been a meat eater for most of my life and wanted to try this as a personal challenge. Being a fitness enthusiast, I was skeptical of the protein quality in a typical Indian vegetarian diet and worried about my progress in the gym. […]
Home Gym Essentials on a Budget
Any serious lifter would tell you that you’d need a squat rack, adjustable bench, pull up bar and weight plates to set up a proper home gym. And they’re mostly right. However, it’ll cost you upwards of INR 50000 and take up a significant amount of space at home. Over the past two years, I’ve […]
My 90 Day Squat Experiment
Over the past 90 days, I have been working on increasing my barbell squat strength. It has always been my weakest lift but thanks to this short experiment, it finally improved. The Results Day 1 – 60 kg * 6 (Est. 1 rep max 70kg) Day 30 – 100kg * 1 Day 60 – 105kg […]
Improving Strength – How I Added 100 kilos to my Lifts in 6 Weeks
After a long break, I got back into weight training in the last week of June 2021. I weighed 67kg and my strength in the Big 4 lifts were Bench Press – 60 kg for 6 reps Squat – 60 kg for 6 reps Deadlift – 100 kg for 3 reps Overhead Press – 35kg […]
A Minimalist Approach to Fitness – Resistance Bands
At the start of 2020, I set multiple audacious fitness goals for myself. I wanted to finish a marathon, be able to do a muscle up and try out power lifting, among other things. But then, the coronavirus happened. And all of my best laid plans went astray. Marathons were canceled, gyms were closed. And […]
31 Murphs in 31 Days – The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
On 28th June 2005, Michael P Murphy, a US Navy SEAL was killed in Afghanistan. When his team was pinned down by Taliban forces, Michael left his cover, exposing himself to enemy fire, to get a clear signal and contact headquarters for support. Risking his life to get help for his team mates, he finished […]
7 Challenging Home Workouts – No Equipment Needed !!!
It’s been almost a month since our city got locked down due to the Coronavirus. Gyms were among the first ones to be closed. Shortly thereafter, all community parks and running tracks followed suit. Being a fitness enthusiast, this situation pushed me on a search for alternatives to maintain, if not improve upon my current […]
Body Transformation, Simplified – A Beginner’s Guide
Over the last few years, I’ve experimented quite a bit with my body composition. I have built muscle (7 Simple Steps to get from Skinny to Brawny in 12 months), lost body fat (A Simple & Effective Fat Loss Diet) and achieved a ripped body that I never even thought possible, given my genetics. I […]
A Simple & Effective Fat Loss Diet
Three months ago, I started an experiment to get in shape as quickly as possible ( A 30 Day Plan To Get In Shape – My Experiment ). I stayed on the plan for 90 days. And I’ve lost 5 inches off my waist size, reached sub 12 % body fat and got visible abs […]
Fat to Fit in 30 Days – My Experiment
Six months ago, I shared my 1 year transformation story ( Read here : 7 Simple Steps to get from Skinny to Brawny in 12 months – My Transformation Story ). But after that, I slowly started to stray off the path. It’s been a busy couple of months due to several personal commitments, but […]